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B-17G 43-38840 XR-H of the 100th BG, 349th BS. MIA Magdeburg Apr 10 45. with 8 KIA; 1 escaped.
German jet shot off wing, crashed near Zobbenitz, Germany. MACR14171. (Last aircraft lost by 100BG).

They only had a week left before all missions ended.

 

[CATCH 22]

Then and now

Great lakes terminal Warehouse Toledo 1942

Only the 2 elegant girls (just look at their legs ) are missing in the comparison photo...
Nowadays they will probably look differently :

 

[N4521U]

B-17G 43-38840 XR-H of the 100th BG, 349th BS. MIA Magdeburg Apr 10 45. with 8 KIA; 1 escaped.
German jet shot off wing, crashed near Zobbenitz, Germany. MACR14171. (Last aircraft lost by 100BG).

They only had a week left before all missions ended.

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Sad, there were so many "last" to be lost.
There was a Davidson, no relation, on the last sub to be lost.

 

[Capt. Vick]

Sad

 

[Snautzer01]

Then and Now

Moulin Rouge Paris France 1940

Foto , 2WK Frankreich Paris 1941 - Moulin Rouge , 280422-2 | eBay

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[Snautzer01]

Biff didnt make it to the airplane this time but it explains a lot.

 

[N4521U]

Biff was an UNusual bloke!

 

[Snautzer01]

Then and Now

1943 Libya - Army Truck passing Tripoli Cathedral

1943 Libya - Army Truck passing Tripoli Cathedral - photo 9.5 by 6.5cm | eBay

1943 Libya - Army Truck passing Tripoli Cathedral - photo 9.5 by 6.5 undated 1943/45 taken from a wartime collection of Royal tank Regiment related some self taken photos and related 10.5 by 8cm Official passed for publication War Office photos , in North Africa and Europe some foxing Please...

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1945 Italy - captured German Tanks displayed at Forli

1945 Italy - captured German Tanks displayed at Forli - I.W.M. photo 18 by 13cm | eBay

1945 Italy - captured German Tanks displayed at Forli - I.W.M. photo 18 by 13cm crease right hand side British troops including men of 1st London Irish Rifles clamber over captured German tanks at an exhibition of enemy equipment in Forli, 30 January 1945. The sign advertising the exhibition...

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[Snautzer01]

Then and Now

Taranto, Italy Photo fort 1943

1943 WWII USAAF airman's Taranto, Italy Photo fort | eBay

Never mounted in album.

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B-17G of the 100th BG

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

[Snautzer01]

Then and now

Akropolis

Foto 2.Wk Wehrmacht Südfront Soldaten in Athen Akropolis Fahne Griechenland | eBay

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Then and Now

ZAMOSC Polen

Orig. Foto Polizei Soldat bei Rathaus am Marktplatz ZAMOSC Polen | eBay

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A P51 in formation with an F16. May 2016 Chino Planes of Fame airshow.